Liao Yaoxiang is considered a relatively powerful general in the Kuomintang. He was called the "Tiger of the Jungle" by the Kuomintang. His military ability is remarkable. He once caused a lot of hardships in Northeast Field Army , but such an excellent Kuomintang general was eventually captured alive by our army in Liaoshen Campaign. After being captured by
, Liao Yaoxiang was very unwilling to accept it. He even shouted that he was not convinced by Liu Yalou , questioning whether Liu Yalou would fight, and said that he had the ability to let him go back and fight again. How did Liu Yalou deal with Liao Yaoxiang’s behavior? What was the ending of Liao Yaoxiang in the end?
Liao Yaoxiang is definitely not an ordinary person
Liao Yaoxiang once studied at Whampoa Military Academy and Nanjing Central Military Academy . With his excellent grades, he attracted the attention of Chiang Kai-shek. In 1930, under the guidance of Chiang Kai-shek, Liao Yaoxiang was sent to the French Saint-Sill Military Academy for further study. After graduation, he was entrusted with important tasks. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Liao Yaoxiang was ordered to participate in the Battle of Shanghai in . After the failure of the Battle of Nanjing in , Liao Yaoxiang risked his life to make suggestions to Chiang Kai-shek, and was promoted by Chiang Kai-shek again and became the Chief of Staff of the 200th Division.
Later, in the two Myanmar battles of , Liao Yaoxiang performed outstandingly, and was called the "tiger of the jungle". He was also promoted by Chiang Kai-shek and became the commander of the New Sixth Army. It can be said that Liao Yaoxiang's promotion path was very rapid, but from his promotion path, we can also see that Liao Yaoxiang is indeed capable, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is Chiang Kai-shek's powerful general.
1945 When Japan surrendered to , Chiang Kai-shek ordered Liao Yaoxiang to Zhijiang to accept Japan's surrender. After the surrender ceremony, he immediately went to Nanjing to accept the surrender of the Japanese army in Nanjing again. From this incident, we can see Chiang Kai-shek's attention and trust in Liao Yaoxiang.
Under Chiang Kai-shek's attention and trust, Liao Yaoxiang's military career gradually reached its peak. In 1946, Chiang Kai-shek transferred Liao Yaoxiang to the Northeast to fight against the Northeast Field Army. In the early stages of the battle, Liao Yaoxiang's military talent was fully demonstrated. Even the commander of the Northeast Field Army was very recognized by Liao Yaoxiang's military talent.
In several battles with the People's Liberation Army, Liao Yaoxiang had the upper hand and therefore began to become proud. Especially after the People's Liberation Army withdrew from , Siping , Liao Yaoxiang and the Kuomintang believed that the People's Liberation Army was not their opponent, and began to be complacent. Some victories in the early stages of the Liberation War were considered the peak stage of Liao Yaoxiang's military career, because he was about to start to decline next.
Liao Yaoxiang was unwilling to accept it after being captured alive
Since 1947, the People's Liberation Army's tactics have changed. The Northeast Field Army intends to adopt tactics to continuously divide the Kuomintang army and then break them down one by one. However, in the initial stage, Liao Yaoxiang and Du Yuming and others did not see the People's Liberation Army's tactics.
After several battles, the layout of the People's Liberation Army has already had obvious results. Liao Yaoxiang and Du Yuming both began to feel the strength of the People's Liberation Army and suffered a lot. Seeing Du Yuming retreating step by step, Chiang Kai-shek was very angry and transferred him from the Northeast for the crime of poor combat, allowing his confidant Chen Cheng to replace Du Yuming.
Chen Cheng has strong political ability, but unfortunately his military ability is really average. He uses political means to deal with military issues and often uses his confidants, which leads to serious differences within the Kuomintang army in the northeastern region of . The Kuomintang army of various factions has begun to compete for power with each other, and has no intention or power to fight against the People's Liberation Army.
is in this special historical background. Liao Yaoxiang, who is good at military but not at politics, naturally suffers a loss. His mind only considers military issues, but does not consider more political issues. So Liao Yaoxiang embarked on a path of no return, and eventually led to his miserable ending.
Although Chen Cheng used a lot of confidants, he was quite good to Liao Yaoxiang. He formed the Ninth Corps and asked Liao Yaoxiang to serve as the commander of the Corps. It can be said that Chen Cheng still trusted Liao Yaoxiang more, so why did Liao Yaoxiang suffer consecutive defeats later?
In fact, this problem is quite complicated, and there are many reasons for Liao Yaoxiang's failure. The most important one is that the Kuomintang's internal people are uneven and everyone has their own plans. Secondly, the People's Liberation Army summarized the previous experiences and lessons learned from the failure and grew up quickly. Finally, it was Chiang Kai-shek's blind command, which had a great impact on Liao Yaoxiang.
Liao Yaoxiang led the Ninth Corps to fight with the Northeast Field Army, but was hit by the first battle. After several days of hard fighting, the entire New Fifth Army was wiped out, the commander Chen Linda was captured, and Chiang Kai-shek was furious and directly removed Chen Cheng from his post and left him to Shanghai to recuperate. Seeing that Chen Cheng could not take the lead, Chiang Kai-shek could only appoint Wei Lihuang to put out the fire. After Wei Lihuang was ordered to take Chiang Kai-shek's order to "give up Shenyang and save Jin" and sent Liao Yaoxiang to Jinzhou to support.
After receiving the order, Liao Yaoxiang was obviously dissatisfied. He believed that Shenyang had solid fortifications, which was more conducive to garrison. Giving up Shenyang to rescue Jinzhou would inevitably be a dead end. In response to this issue, Liao Yaoxiang and Chiang Kai-shek argued endlessly. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek threatened with "military law handling", and Liao Yaoxiang and Wei Lihuang reluctantly rescued Jinzhou.
itself Liao Yaoxiang did not want to support Jinzhou, so the marching speed was very slow. In addition, the Jinzhou war was critical, so soon Fan Hanjie was annihilated, and Jinzhou completely fell into the hands of the Northeast Field Army. Seeing that there was no need to rescue Jinzhou, Liao Yaoxiang thought he could return to Shenyang with peace of mind, but Chiang Kai-shek was still obsessed with it and ordered Liao Yaoxiang to snatch back Jinzhou.
Light Chiang Kai-shek's order, Liao Yaoxiang was completely confused, but he had to obey Chiang Kai-shek's arrangements, so Liao Yaoxiang continued to lead the army toward Jinzhou. It is obvious that Liao Yaoxiang will suffer a loss in this unprepared battle. After meeting the People's Liberation Army, Liao Yaoxiang was no longer as brave as he used to be, and was beaten by the People's Liberation Army so hard that he could not find the North.
Seeing Liao Yaoxiang's tragic situation, Chiang Kai-shek finally woke up and ordered Liao Yaoxiang to withdraw. Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Liao Yaoxiang's army was surrounded by the Northeast Field Army and had no way out. Liao Yaoxiang could only fight to the death and was finally captured alive by the Northeast Field Army.
Liao Yaoxiang was very unwilling to accept the failure of this battle. Therefore, at the post-war banquet, when Liu Yalou was specially toasted and appeased the Kuomintang generals, Liao Yaoxiang asked Liu Yalou without hesitation: "Where are you fighting like this?" In Liao Yaoxiang's heart, fighting should be the two armies ready to fight again. The People's Liberation Army's surprise attack without any preparation is not considered a real war.
After listening to Liao Yaoxiang's words, Liu Yalou smiled and explained to him the key points of the war. The battlefield should be flexible and changeable, so that different scenarios can be dealt with. If it remains unchanged, it is obvious that it is asking for trouble. No one stipulates what to do when fighting.
After listening to Liu Yalou's explanation, Liao Yaoxiang was speechless. Although Liu Yalou's statement made sense, Liao Yaoxiang was still unwilling to accept it until Zhengdongguo appeared that Liao Yaoxiang became convinced. So why does Zhengdongguo have such great energy?
It turned out that Zheng Dongguo was Liao Yaoxiang's old commander. He was captured in the battle to defend Changchun. The Kuomintang claimed that Zheng Dongguo had died. Even Liao Yaoxiang thought that the old commander had died. When he saw Zheng Dongguo again, Liao Yaoxiang was very surprised. In addition, Zheng Dongguo analyzed the reasons for his failure with him. It was not that Liao Yaoxiang was not capable enough, but that the people within the Kuomintang were disintegrated.
After listening to Zheng Dongguo's analysis, Liao Yaoxiang finally realized it and his attitude also turned 180 degrees. He turned around and poured a glass of wine, apologized to Liu Yalou and drank it all. Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all. The atmosphere on the table instantly became lively.
Conclusion
Liao Yaoxiang has been actively studying after his attitude changed. After his death due to illness in 1968, his ashes were buried in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery . This is also a recognition of Liao Yaoxiang by the Party and the country. In fact, Liao Yaoxiang's military ability is indeed not bad. His failure was entirely due to the unpopularity of the Kuomintang. Everything verified one sentence: If you have the power, you will have the power, but if you have no power, you will have few help!
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